Film Studies 280 - INTRO/VIDEO PRODUCTION:DOCUMEN

Topics course.: This course provides a foundation in the principles, techniques and equipment involved in making short videos. In it, students make short documentary films from the first-person point of view. We use our own stories as material, but we look beyond self-expression, using video to explore places where our lives intersect with larger historical, economic, environmental and political forces. We develop our own voices while learning the vocabulary of moving images and gaining production and post-production technical training. Through in-class critiques, screenings, readings and discussion, students explore the aesthetics and practice of the moving image while developing their own original projects. Prerequisite: FLS 150 or its equivalent. Permission of instructor required. Priority given to Five College film and media studies majors. Enrollment limited to 12.

Topic: First Person Documentary. Instructor Permission.